Tag: complain
Biblical Principle #178: Bronze Snake Saved Snakebitten Sinners
Biblical Principles List Principle When GOD sent venemous snakes upon Israel to punish them for their complaining, the snakebitten person that looked upon the bronze snake on a pole would be healed. Explanation After defeating Arad, Israel returned to their incessant complaining against Moses and GOD. This time, GOD sent venomous snakes into the camp.
Biblical Principle #176: Moses was Prevented from Entering Canaan
Biblical Principles List Principle Moses was prevented from bringing Israel into Canaan because he struck the rock rather than commanding it verbally. Explanation Yet again, Israel grew thirsty at Meribah in the desert and, rather than pray for relief, they complained against Moses and Aaron. But this time, GOD commanded a different mode of deliverance.…
Biblical Principle #165: The Holy Spirit Was Given to Select Individuals
Biblical Principles List Principle Prior to the Messiah, GOD gave His Spirit to select individuals. Explanation We previously established how Israel grumbled because of their circumstances in the wilderness. The very next verses in the historical record of Numbers 11 show that Israel did not learn the lesson, because they complained about not having meat.…
Biblical Principle #164: Israel Grumbled Again and Got Burned
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel grumbled (again) and God burned some of them to death with fire. Explanation Just as when they left Egypt, Israel quickly began complaining after they left Sinai. GOD heard: 1 Now the people were grumbling evilly before the Lord, and the Lord heard them and was provoked to anger. So…
Biblical Principle #129: God Brought Water from a Rock
Biblical Principles List Principle God miraculously brought forth water from a rock at Rephidim. Explanation While traveling through the Desert of Sin, when Israel came to Rephidim, they were thirsty. Rather than pray to GOD, the complained against Moses. But, again, GOD delivered them by bringing water out of a rock. 1 Now all the…
September 14 – Wicked People May Prosper Temporarily
Reading Job 22:1-24:25 Devotional In these chapters, Job asks a question that every GOD-fearing person has asked themselves at some point in their life: Why do the wicked often seem to prosper? Job said: 1 “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such…
February 7 – Complain or Give Thanks
Reading Num. 10:1-34; 9:15-23; 10:35-36; 11:1-35 Devotional Three days after the Israelites left Mount Sinai they started to complain to Moses and before GOD. When they complained, GOD was angry and He sent fire to consume them. The people cried out to Moses and Moses prayed and GOD stopped. Afterward, some within the group began…